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Nick, I hope my question in the comments didn’t come off wrong. I, too, draw a bright line between protestors and vandals. The previous commenter seemed to imply that a break-in isn’t looting. I think of looting as stealing under the cover of distraction–war, natural disaster, etc. As opposed to breaking and entering without the cover of some big attention-getter.

Do you blame shoppers for shoplifting? It would be impossible to shoplift if it wasn’t for all those shoppers providing cover. Personally, I place more importance on people exercising their constitutional rights to speech and assembly than going to Walmart for a pack of toilet paper or a case of beer.